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New St. Nicholas Breaker - Pottsville, PADirections & Map

46 Mt. Laffee Road
Pottsville, PA 17901

570-544-1424 570-544-1422 fax

Directions

The New St. Nicholas Breaker is a location for Bulk Coal pick-ups.

From Harrisburg:

81 North to Exit 119, turn RIGHT at stop sign on to Gordon Mt. Road. Proceed to bottom the hill to stop sign, turn LEFT, on to Valley Road. Stay on Valley Road for exactly 2 miles; turn LEFT on to Mt. Laffe Road (Breaker Road Legislative Route 1006). New St. Nicholas Breaker will be 100 years on the RIGHT.

From the North:

81 South to Exit 119, turn LEFT at stop sign on to Gordon Mt. Road. Proceed to bottom of the hill to stop sign, turn LEFT, on to Valley Road. Stay on Valley Road for exactly 2 miles; turn LEFT on to Mt. Laffe Road (Breaker Road Legislative Route 1006). New St Nicholas Breaker will be 100 years on the RIGHT.

From Reading:

61 North thru Pottsville, thru ST. CLAIR once you see Terry Rich Blvd approximately ¾ of a mile, get in LEFT turn lane. Turn LEFT up the hill (Darkwater Road). Proceed past quarry to Y in the road, go to RIGHT, turn on to Mt. Laffe Road for 1.75 miles, Breaker is on the RIGHT.

Customer Route from Shamokin, PA to Reading’s New St. Nicholas Breakers:

From Shamokin follow Route 61 to Intersection Route 61 – 901 East (Approximately 2 miles). Take 901 East (sign says Pottsville 23 miles). Follow 901 East over mountain through Lavelle and cross over top of Interstate 81 via new bridge and down grade at this point. At the bottom of hill make a LEFT turn (Macadam Road). Sign reads Heckscherville 3 miles.

Pass through Heckscherville and a few other mining villages. READING’s NEW St. Nicholas Breaker will be to your LEFT at Duncott (between Heckscherville and Minersville). Sign in Duncott shows ST. CLAIR as a LEFT turn. At this point the New St. Nicholas Breaker is in view. Turn LEFT and proceed approximately 200 yards to the Breaker.

The Total Distance from Shamokin to Reading’s New St. Nicholas Breaker via this route is approximately 23 miles.